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Index
Cover
Foreword by John Lewis
Table of Contents
Prologue: “A Sneeze Meant Death”
Part One: Introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement
1865-1958: Jim Crow America
The Early Years
1955-1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott
1959-1962: On the Rise: Lunch Counters, Freedom Riders, And Ole Miss
1963: Tragedies and Triumphs: Protests in Birmingham, A Letter From Jail, And a March on Washington
1963, Continued: Disaster and Hope: A Bombing in Birmingham, The Assassination of a President, And a New Leader
1964: From the Civil Rights Bill and the Nobel Prize to a Murder and a Slander
1965: New Challenges and Warning Signs: The Assassination of Malcolm X, The Battle for Selma, The Voting Rights Act, And the Watts Riots
1966: A Year of Doubts and Divisions: Chicago, Black Panthers, And Militants
1967: Splitting the Movement and Opposition to the Vietnam War
Part Two: A Collision Course
April 23, 1967: A Jail Break
1968: A Very Bad Year
Part Three: The Assassination
Planning a Murder
March 30-31, 1968: Momentous Days
April 1 and 2, 1968: Countdown to Memphis
April 3, 1968: A Great Day - "I Would Like to Live"
April 4, 1968: The Last Day
Part Four: Manhunt!
April 4: Escaping Memphis
April 4: To the Hospital
April 4: A Hot Tip and a Hoax
April 4: Aftermath at the Motel and Across the Nation
April 5, 1968: The FBI Investigation
April 9, 1968: Farewell to a King
April 16-20, 1968: The Assassin Identified
June 4-8, 1968: Another Assassination and an Arrest
A Year Like No Other
Epilogue
Places to Visit
For Further Study
Federal Holiday Chronology
James Earl Ray: Arrests, Prison Record, and Escapes
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index
Credits and Permissions
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
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